Jettisoned Ponderings

Didn’t really plan on it, but after my first three sets a friend mentioned he’d failed miserably to bench 275. I’d already done 3 sets, so I figured I may as well see if I could do it. Previous sets were 135×10, 185×8, and 205×6. Normally I’d go 225 and shoot for 4 reps, but I was feeling pretty good so I went ahead and put the 275 on, cranked up the music, and managed to push out 1 good rep (almost got stuck half way up) without arching my back off the bench. Getting it up was slow but I needed very very minimal help just keeping the bar straight. Felt really good… It’s nice to have an idea where my max is now instead of just going off of projections. I’ll be quite curious to try going in and shooting for my 1 rep after a couple warmups sometime. I’ll be very excited the day I get 300 up!

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